SUMMARY File properties are not displayed for unindexed files if indexation is on. When indexing is disabled on the given media, file properties are visible instantly. Why do I need to activate re-indexing manually or restart my system if indexation is enabled to see additional metadata in new files? Maybe it would be possible to display properties without waiting also in the case of indexation enabled? I mentioned about this in the bug 409876 and bug 409881. As Nate Graham told: "What might make sense is to always display the KFileMetadata-extracted properties during indexing, and then only replace that information with the Baloo-extracted information for each individual file as it gets indexed. That would definitely be a nice UX improvement.". Thanks for looking at it. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Make sure if indexing is turned on at the main disk, if not, turn it on 2. Wait to indexing end 3. Download file with additional metadata (e.g. this photo with EXIF: https://github.com/ianare/exif-samples/blob/master/jpg/Canon_40D.jpg) and save it on main disk (not external) 4. Open Dolphin and find downloaded file 5. Right click -> Properties OBSERVED RESULT Only standard properties are visible: file type, size, modification time, tags, stars and comments. EXPECTED RESULT Standard properties + some other metadata like camera model and so on SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon User Edition 5.16.3 (Linux 4.18.0-25-generic) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.60.0 Qt Version: 5.12.3 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Git commit d202cc3854c007f40cc6da13532fd30bfdaded2a by Stefan Brüns. Committed on 13/11/2019 at 23:58. Pushed by bruns into branch 'master'. Use realtime indexing as fallback when DB has no property data Summary: In case the DB provides no data, try to fetch the properties directly from the file using the new OnDemandIndexer class. If required, start the extractor in the background, fetch UserMetaData and wait for the extractor, then unite the results. Depends on D25248 Test Plan: # suspend baloo (`balooctl suspend`) # copy a file with properties (e.g. PNG) to a included location `cp ~/foo.png ~/foo_2.png` # `balooshow ~/foo.png ~/foo_2.png` should only display "Cached properties" for the original file # dolphin displays properties for both files (in the side panel) Reviewers: #baloo, ngraham, astippich Reviewed By: #baloo, ngraham, astippich Tags: #baloo Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.org/D25250 M +30 -8 src/filefetchjob.cpp M +10 -1 src/filefetchjob.h M +11 -8 src/filemetadataprovider.cpp M +5 -0 src/ondemandextractor.cpp M +1 -0 src/ondemandextractor.h https://commits.kde.org/baloo-widgets/d202cc3854c007f40cc6da13532fd30bfdaded2a